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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Labelling of tattoo products.

Article R513-10-5

Without prejudice to the information required by other legislative or regulatory provisions, the container and packaging of each unit of tattooing product placed on the market free of charge or agains…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Definitions.

Article R5221-4

…this Title, the following definitions shall apply 1° Accessory means any article which is intended by its manufacturer to be used principally with an in vitro diagnostic medical device in order to en…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Medical project and shared care project

Article R6132-3

…ng.It includes, in particular, with regard to the care sectors identified as priorities:1° Medical objectives ;2° Objectives for improving the quality, safety and appropriateness of care;3° The organi…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Right to title

Article L611-7-1

Where the inventor is a natural person who is not covered by Article L. 611-7 and who is hosted under an agreement by a public or private legal person carrying out research, the right to the industria…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 terdecies

1 (Repealed)1 bis (Repealed for royalties taken into account from 1 January 2002 in the results of grantors and concessionaires).1 ter. The long-term capital gains or losses regime is not applicable t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IX: Special schemes

Article 297 A

I. - 1° The taxable amount for supplies by a taxable reseller of second-hand goods, works of art, collectors' items or antiques which have been supplied to him by a person who is not liable for value…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Tasks of the agency

Article 706-160

The agency is responsible for ensuring, throughout the country and by court order:1° The management of all assets, whatever their nature, seized, confiscated or subject to a protective measure in the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Branches of insurance undertakings whose head office is situated in a State which is not a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article R329-3

…nditions laid down in this chapter, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution authorises branches of undertakings referred to in 4° of Article L. 310-2 to transfer all or part of their port…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Statutory Auditors.

Article L820-1

I. - Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, the provisions of this Title are applicable to statutory auditors in the performance of their professional activities, whatever the nature of the en…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Automatic processing of personal data known as "Application for managing the files of foreign nationals in France".

Article R142-15

Other than the officials responsible for implementing the processing and those of the Agence nationale des titres sécurisés responsible for manufacturing the documents, have access, by virtue of their…

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